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Update on study with Elder....
by shotgun ini took the advice of the forum and informed him i wouldlike to study the bible.
he arrived case in hand and pulled out the draw close to jehovah publication.. i said i thought we were going to study the bible...he then said well this is a bible publication...i said has not past publications contained errors and changes in teachings while the bible remains true.
he said yesssss.......do you have something inparticular you want to look at in the bible.....i said i thought we could start in matthew and work our way through.
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Did God create man to live forever?
by shotgun indubs always point back to genisis as a last resort and say ....well he created them to live forever, it was his original purpose.. where does it say that?.
genisis says that they were to multiply and fill the earth not that they would live forever.
if they were to live forever what was the tree of life for?.
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God hates mankind
by shotgun inwhat other explanation can there be?
look at how he treats us.. 1. his angel deceives eve who was still childlike( she couldn't even cloth herself properly,god provided clothing for them ) so he punishes them instead of this angel who he names satan.
2. his angellic sons come down to earth and turn the whole place into a drunken brawl so he destroyes all mankind with a flood but not the angels.
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Are the days of the week Pagan?
by shotgun insomeone posted that the wt should discard the calendar and the days of the week as pagan because of their origins.
actually they did and tried to replace it with their own.
didn't last but it shows the mindset of those who were telling everyone god was directing them at the time and still today.
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Noah...that drunken boat builder?
by shotgun ini've learned a ton on this forum and elsewhere which pretty much disproves noah's global flood to me personally?.
long before this as a dub though one thing always bothered me about the account and how unreasonable it seemed even if you discount the animals.. .
noah had three sons in 600 yrs (noah got it even less than me), his sons did not have any children before the flood.
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Fireworks to be avoided at all birthday parties and Bethel dedications!
by shotgun in.
taken from the feb 4 2004 almost awake mag.
so it's ok for nominal christians but not ones who want to keep free from practises with pagan origins.
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Help me find the right antedote to wake sleeping beauty
by shotgun inmy wife will not entertain the thought that the org is not directed by god.
even when presented with constant organizational flip flops she believes its gods direction.
and why not thats what she has been taught since childhood.. is ther anything that seems to work better in reasoning with women inparticular.
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Everlasting life on a Paradise earth..myth or reality?
by shotgun ineverlasting life on a paradise earth.
this hope permeates the very being of every jw.
does it mention everlasting life on a paradise earth?
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An elder wants to study with me...please help!
by shotgun inafter my recent barrage of elder visits i've been told that to truly show i'm willing to work at restoring my faith a bs is needed.. i want to be able to pick a few recent publications (last 10 yrs) and sit down with him and examine all the quotes and references in the publications to show how the society has misquoted and misrepresented so much in their publications.
do you know which publications would be best..keeping in mind the reference material will also have to readily accessible to be of any use.
i don't think searching on the internet will be acceptable to him.. .
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Mickey Mouse or Jesus Christ
by shotgun inthe last convention i went to was about three months ago now....ahhh i remember it well...zzzzzzz.
the c.o got on the stage and counseled ones to plan theocratic vacations instead of regular type hot-spot get away vacations.. he then proceeded to say many brothers spend their families vacations by taking them to disneyland instead of a bethel tour.
(which most children would love).